This study was carried out within the scope of the Basic Information Technologies Use (BITU) course given to formal education students in classroom and distance education environment. The aim of the study was to determine the perspectives of students regarding the course and distance education environment. Case study, which is one of the qualitative research methods was used in this research. The sample, which was a group of 303 students, contained 273 freshmen from the Faculty of Agriculture (FA), the Faculty of Forestry (FF), the Faculty of Fisheries (FoF), and 30 students from various associate degree programs, who repeated the course. Data were collected through the interview forms. During the analysis process, "data reduction", "data display", "conclusion drawing/verification" steps were carried out. The study revealed that the students generally found the course necessary, and that distance education was considered to be positive mostly due to the location independence, and negative mostly due to the internet connection problems and lack of communication. While more than half of the distance education students thought that they learned the subject efficiently, the majority of them preferred taking the course in the formal education environment. The study revealed that the rate of attendance and watching recorded lecture videos was not as high as expected. From the findings of this study, it can be suggested that arrangements be made to increase the level of communication in the distance education environment, and that students be encouraged to do more hands-on activities.